Cockettes review and official site
The Cockettes, the documentary about the renowned 1970s drag performance troupe, opens in Austin today, and the local alt-weekly gives it a rave review. The refreshingly Flash-free official film site has a history of the group, collected reviews, filmmaker profiles, "making of" background, archival photos and video clips. Did you know: "In anticipation of the televised wedding of President Nixon's daughter Tricia, The Cockettes made a film called TRICIA'S WEDDING, featuring a transvestite Tricia, a drunken Mamie Eisenhower, a party crashing Lady Bird Johnson, and a drag Eartha Kitt spiking the punch with LSD, resulting in a mad orgy."
